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Dream box broke sky box.:

  • 19-04-2014 10:24pm
    #1
    Lefty dean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,
    I got a dream box last week, which runs from sky dish to sitting room. I moved my sky+hd box to the bedroom. I ran two coax cables from the dish to the sky box in bedroom. The sky is saying no signal but the dream box is working? I even swapped plugs on the dish to see if that helped and it's still the same. With the dream box working but the sky box isn't. Any help much appreciated..


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,733 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Move the Dream Box to the sitting room and see if it works, if it doesn't it's a cable problem, if it does move the Dream Box to the bedroom and see if that works.


  • #3
    Lefty dean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Lefty dean


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Move the Dream Box to the sitting room and see if it works, if it doesn't it's a cable problem, if it does move the Dream Box to the bedroom and see if that works.

    I have dream box in sitting room. Where the sky box used to be. I ran two new coax cables from the dish to the sky box which is now in the bedroom. The other two cables which used to run the sky box is now used for dream box. If it is a cable issue which I suspect it is. How wouldn't resolve it?


  • #4
    Lefty dean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Lefty dean


    So I checked the dream box in the bedroom and it doesn't work either. What would be wrong with the cables? Aren't all coax cables the same or is there a difference?


  • #5
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Lefty dean wrote: »
    So I checked the dream box in the bedroom and it doesn't work either. What would be wrong with the cables? Aren't all coax cables the same or is there a difference?

    Most likely it's the F Connectors are not connected to the end of the cables correctly, either at the dish or box end, here's a video, might help to diagnose where the problem is...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2v7fLHZzzM


  • #6
    B_Rabbit
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    Isnt there normally two cables for the HD box?

    The F connectors are probably the issue though, as above.


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  • #7
    Lefty dean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Lefty dean


    Thanks guys was thinking that might be the problem. As I've left the copper mesh on instead of folded back.. I will check these tomarrow and let you know thanks.. Also b_rabbit I have two coax cables to the box from the dish. There is hardly an, A&B or IN&OUT. On the box or dish? Or is it just my dodgy terminating skills..


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